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i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we got to start cutting the federal deficit. >> democrats wanted to limit tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans. >> what we've heard from our republican colleagues is they're not willing to close one special interest tax loophole. >> the president and speaker boehner came up with an ambitious solution. they'd craft a grand bargain to raise the debt ceiling. it would also include changes to social security, medicare, tax policy and defense spending. for both sides, it meant lots of pain. but for the nation, it could mean lots of gain. >> i think he genuinely thought there was an opportunity to do something big and meaningful to deal with our long-term debt and had what he considered productive discussions with john boehner. >> new urgency this morning. >> the clock ticks. >> we've been here before but not quite this close to default. >> was ther
i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we got to start cutting the federal deficit. >> democrats wanted to limit tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans. >> what we've heard from our republican colleagues is they're not willing to close one special interest tax loophole....
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i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we've got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we've got to start cutting the federal deficit. >> democrats wanted to limit tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans. >> what we've heard from our republican colleagues is they're not willing to close one special interest tax loophole. >> the president and speaker boehner came up with an ambitious solution. they'd craft a grand bargain to raise the debt ceiling. it would also include changes to social security, medicare, tax policy, and defense spending. for both sides, it meant lots of pain. but for the nation, it could mean lots of gain. >> i think he genuinely thought that there was an opportunity do something big and meaningful to deal with our long-term debt and had what he considered productive discussions with john boehner. >> new urgency this morning. >> the clock ticks. >> we've been here before but not quite this close to default. >>
i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we've got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we've got to start cutting the federal deficit. >> democrats wanted to limit tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans. >> what we've heard from our republican colleagues is they're not willing to close one special interest tax...
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they don't want to hear tax cuts or 1 million more manufacturing jobs, they want to know specifically how you're going to do it. from mitt romney, they want to see the math, and from barack obama they want to see, hey, you couldn't do this for the last two years, you did say it was because of congress, but what happens if you end up with the exact same congressional makeup? what will you do differently now that you didn't do before? >> miguel, you're in colorado, where the unemployment rate is higher than the national average, 8%. you were just in my home state of iowa where the rate is 5.2%. on paper people in iowa should be less worried about unemployment than people in colorado. but you know what, all across these swing states, people are worried about opportunity, they're worried about future jobs and the quality of jobs they have right now. >> oh, absolutely. the big thing, sort of what ali was talking about, politics are emotional. what people can't see is what the future is. they can't see where barack obama's going to take the nation, they can't see exactly where mitt romney's
they don't want to hear tax cuts or 1 million more manufacturing jobs, they want to know specifically how you're going to do it. from mitt romney, they want to see the math, and from barack obama they want to see, hey, you couldn't do this for the last two years, you did say it was because of congress, but what happens if you end up with the exact same congressional makeup? what will you do differently now that you didn't do before? >> miguel, you're in colorado, where the unemployment...
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so they are doing their job. and rudy was so far out of line. >> michael, who is going to win this election? >> barack obama, and he's going to win it because of the last several days. let's put aside what's right or wrong or who is going to solve the problem of getting my power back, but he -- he was a remarkable moment in this campaign for barack obama to go to new jersey and to just suck christie's support. you could see it leave christie's body. >> were you surprised by the sheer scale of enthusiasm that christie showed? >> totally. it was two guys playing a very astute political game, and they both played it brilliantly and effectively, and i think -- i think barack obama is the deal. >> you have written a biography of rupert murdoch. didn't really like it very much. when you saw his tweet tonight about chris christie, bait of a warning, saying you better put up for mitt romney in the next few days, or if he loses, you will be the guy that gets the blame. if you're rupert murdoch, pretty ominous warnings to
so they are doing their job. and rudy was so far out of line. >> michael, who is going to win this election? >> barack obama, and he's going to win it because of the last several days. let's put aside what's right or wrong or who is going to solve the problem of getting my power back, but he -- he was a remarkable moment in this campaign for barack obama to go to new jersey and to just suck christie's support. you could see it leave christie's body. >> were you surprised by...
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this might be the best job president obama can do, but it's not the best we can do. and i have to tell you, when the president said the other day that people should vote out of revenge, this is not who we are. mitt romney and i are asking you to vote out of love of country, because that's how we get this country back on the right track. that's the big vision. look, if borrowing and taxing and spending and regulating and money printing works, we would have known by now. the obama economic agenda failed not because it was stopped, it failed because it was passed. let's remember he came in with his party in total control and thus came the war on coal, thus came the war on our energy jobs, then came the big new tax increase coming in january and all these new regulations and all this borrowing. when we look our children in the eyes, you saw ours, they're 7, 9 and 10 years old. when i was growing up, my dad used to tell me a couple of things. he used to say, son, you are either part of the problem or part of the solution. he usually said that to me when i was being part o
this might be the best job president obama can do, but it's not the best we can do. and i have to tell you, when the president said the other day that people should vote out of revenge, this is not who we are. mitt romney and i are asking you to vote out of love of country, because that's how we get this country back on the right track. that's the big vision. look, if borrowing and taxing and spending and regulating and money printing works, we would have known by now. the obama economic agenda...
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. >> i think barack obama did not make a mistake. i think he did a good job in his response. it's important mitt romney not make a mistake. i think it put a pause on romney's momentum and that perhaps helped the president. i don't think it makes him an undecided voter who doesn't like either of the candidates who a week ago wanted president obama. >> great to see you. >> great to be with you. >> we're going to get the latest on how much power has been restored to the superstorm sandy victims, right after this. 200 . in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ and the next great idea could be yours. we'rwith questions fromtump sombing elections.kies do you know where your polling place is? maybe somewhere around my house. mine's just, right over that way. well you can find out exactly where
. >> i think barack obama did not make a mistake. i think he did a good job in his response. it's important mitt romney not make a mistake. i think it put a pause on romney's momentum and that perhaps helped the president. i don't think it makes him an undecided voter who doesn't like either of the candidates who a week ago wanted president obama. >> great to see you. >> great to be with you. >> we're going to get the latest on how much power has been restored to the...
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>> barack obama, he's done a pretty good job as president, i think. i mean, he got a historic health care bill through. no democratic president since fdr or senator bog wagner right through truman, right through clinton, put it back on the agenda. obama got it done. that's on the agenda. barack obama got it done. i'm not sure he handles things politically as a politician like he maybe should have, like lyndon johnson would have. but i give him good grades. i think clinton does an even better job, but i think he does fine. >> what about you? >> i think history will be kinder to president obama than the discussion we're having right now. you look back and we say, okay, we got health care, we got over the cliff of the horrible financial situation, the economy is going again, you know, osama bin laden, various things happened. so i think history will look back on a pretty successful, a very successful first term, and it's somewhat surprising that our political system right now sort of doesn't allow that narrative to emerge because we're so contentious the
>> barack obama, he's done a pretty good job as president, i think. i mean, he got a historic health care bill through. no democratic president since fdr or senator bog wagner right through truman, right through clinton, put it back on the agenda. obama got it done. that's on the agenda. barack obama got it done. i'm not sure he handles things politically as a politician like he maybe should have, like lyndon johnson would have. but i give him good grades. i think clinton does an even...
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so general ly speaking, this is advantage obama, because he has had job growth since he has come into office with the exception of a few months, but, you know, if i were working for the romney came pain, i would say, really? 7.9% unemployment, and job growth that is not anywhere close to what you are saying it is going to be over the next four years and why should we listen to you about that when you have not done it in this period of time. and then the issue of quality of jobs. president obama can say that he has replaced and more every single job that was lost on his watch, because of a recession that he didn't recreate, but presidential candidate romney says, it is not enough. these are not great quality jobs. so i said earlier today that the revisions to august and september and then the new number for october, 171,000, it is in the vicinity of good job creation. plus 200,000 a month would be good job creation. in august we got 192, and then in september down to 171, and that is in the vicinity and going this the right direction, but i dare say that this is fun by both sides to do
so general ly speaking, this is advantage obama, because he has had job growth since he has come into office with the exception of a few months, but, you know, if i were working for the romney came pain, i would say, really? 7.9% unemployment, and job growth that is not anywhere close to what you are saying it is going to be over the next four years and why should we listen to you about that when you have not done it in this period of time. and then the issue of quality of jobs. president obama...
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over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. introducing the new 13-inch macbook pro, ♪ with the stunning retina display. ♪ for the pro in all of us. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with
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over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service
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so david, president obama and mitt romney have both promised to create more jobs in new hampshire. so why are so many business people skeptical about that? >> reporter: fredricka, when you look at new hampshire and there is success at keeping a relatively low unemployment rate, it's because of the reliance on small businesses. this state is known for the high number of small business startups and for the innovation that comes with those small business. when we went to talk to some of these people at the businesses about the campaign promises about creating jobs, they told us, leave job creation to the professionals. two new hampshire small businesses that found a way to beat the recession. one is a free-wheeling tech company, producing code to make e-mail and the internet work better. the other has been in business for five generations. >> i manufacture steel phonographic needles. >> they manufacturer antique pins. in tough times, they both found ways to create new jobs. what every candidate talks about, they do. is there anything missing about what they're saying about creating jo
so david, president obama and mitt romney have both promised to create more jobs in new hampshire. so why are so many business people skeptical about that? >> reporter: fredricka, when you look at new hampshire and there is success at keeping a relatively low unemployment rate, it's because of the reliance on small businesses. this state is known for the high number of small business startups and for the innovation that comes with those small business. when we went to talk to some of...
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job. but there will be a tipping point for people. if they are out of power next tuesday, for example, this could impact the election. maybe people -- you could have said today it benefits the president because he has been presidential. mitt romney can't get on television but you could say next tuesday if there are millions without power feeling angry, you could get a protest, couldn't you? >> first of all, i don't think it is just mitt romney not being able to get on television. i think we have a president and believe me after the eight years before this president, one bumbling mistake after another, and that's being kind. to have a president who is intelligent and who's proactive and who doesn't play politics. who i believe was sincere in everything he said about governor christie and everything he did here today, i think people feel more secure with barack obama in the white house when we have something like this happen. we know he's going to take the reins, get in charge and get someth
job. but there will be a tipping point for people. if they are out of power next tuesday, for example, this could impact the election. maybe people -- you could have said today it benefits the president because he has been presidential. mitt romney can't get on television but you could say next tuesday if there are millions without power feeling angry, you could get a protest, couldn't you? >> first of all, i don't think it is just mitt romney not being able to get on television. i think...
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job. he was commander in chief. mitt romney, as any challenger in this situation, didn't really have anything to do and was out of the news. >> i don't know. i just find it hard to make that connection that you are sitting in ohio and watching the president tour with chris christie thinking, now i'm going vote for him? >> you know, i think you're probably right about that, but the other problem for mitt romney is that he felt the need, rightly so, to say that he wasn't campaigning. now, we know that he stayed put in ohio, mother of all battleground states. he didn't have an actual rally, but he had an event where they still played his video and he still had people out there, you know, listening to him talk about getting out food and aid to people out east, so he definitely couldn't talk for a few days about the things that the governor was talking about, the things that were making him -- that were propelling him in the polls. >> just one more thing on this, and everybody doesn't watch the
job. he was commander in chief. mitt romney, as any challenger in this situation, didn't really have anything to do and was out of the news. >> i don't know. i just find it hard to make that connection that you are sitting in ohio and watching the president tour with chris christie thinking, now i'm going vote for him? >> you know, i think you're probably right about that, but the other problem for mitt romney is that he felt the need, rightly so, to say that he wasn't campaigning....
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my meineke. >>> the october jobs report has been used as ammunition by the romney and obama campaigns. republicans are emphasizing the increase in the unemployment rate from 7.9% to 7.8%. supporters of the president point out 171,000 jobs were created during the month, more than economists projected. i had a chance to talk about the impact of the numbers with the former chairman of the president's council of economic advisers. he's now a professor of economics at chicago's booth school of business. i asked him if he agreed with mitt romney's assessment that the, quote, increase in the unemployment rate is a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill. >> i don't think so. the last month, the unemployment rate came down three ticks. and the romney campaign complained that we hadn't created more jobs. this month, the number of jobs created was 30%, 40% higher than expected and was fairly strong. and then they criticize that the unemployment rate ticked up one tenth. it's the last number before the election, so i think both sides are going to see, try to go through and inter
my meineke. >>> the october jobs report has been used as ammunition by the romney and obama campaigns. republicans are emphasizing the increase in the unemployment rate from 7.9% to 7.8%. supporters of the president point out 171,000 jobs were created during the month, more than economists projected. i had a chance to talk about the impact of the numbers with the former chairman of the president's council of economic advisers. he's now a professor of economics at chicago's booth school...
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governor romney made a strong case against barack obama and his failed policies and now it's done an enormous amount of damage to americans across the country. that's the case we're making because of the big decisions next week and governor christie is with mitt romney, understands the failed policies of barack obama but working with them on this storm and feels he's working very well with him. >> it is an image that sticks in some people's mines. "the wall street journal" wrote a headline about the storm and underneath the headline about the storm which is the top story around the country is "race is back on after storm hiatus." smaller font but it made the front page. that's something, but barely making the front page. has the hiatus slowed mitt romney's momentum? are you hoping whatever people thought before the storm they froze whatever they're going to do and still going to do it and not going to swing back to the president because of the storm? >> that will have to be seen. there's no question we have five days left that the momentum is with us, has been now for a long time. ob
governor romney made a strong case against barack obama and his failed policies and now it's done an enormous amount of damage to americans across the country. that's the case we're making because of the big decisions next week and governor christie is with mitt romney, understands the failed policies of barack obama but working with them on this storm and feels he's working very well with him. >> it is an image that sticks in some people's mines. "the wall street journal" wrote...
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and he did a poor job of defining himself. so if he loses, i think it will be primarily because of that. i think that we saw a kind of alternate history of what the campaign might have looked out throughout had he done a better job of defining himself early on. >> or had not gotten stuck by that awful republican primary. >>. >>> ohio may indeed be ground zero for the battleground states in these last days before the election, i'll tell you what each of the candidates is doing with votes we'll go live in cincinnati after the break. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. the wheels of progress. seems they haven't been moving much lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management,
and he did a poor job of defining himself. so if he loses, i think it will be primarily because of that. i think that we saw a kind of alternate history of what the campaign might have looked out throughout had he done a better job of defining himself early on. >> or had not gotten stuck by that awful republican primary. >>. >>> ohio may indeed be ground zero for the battleground states in these last days before the election, i'll tell you what each of the candidates is...
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what is obama going do about -- really going do about jobs? you know, how is -- how is romney going to pay for his taxes -- they don't answer any of these questions. >> so you say that the candidates themselves are running somewhat empty -- platitudes. therefore you seem to let those of us in this business off the hook because -- >> i don't say -- >> we can do bayonets and binders -- >> i'm not shifting blame. i'm adding blame. >> you blame both sides? >> i think the candidates have given us so little to talk about that we run off in all these directions. i mean, look at their speeches. they're valpredoid stump speeches, a billion dollars in adsflation -- >> there's a place for some of the lighter stuff. i not the volume has gotten -- isn't this much more a valprepi campaign that 2008, the coverage? >> it was barely a force. >> right. >> there is a tendency to look and say this is worse than it's ever been. i think if you go back in 2009, in 2004, there were lots of examples of place where's we focused as a media on, you know, sort of -- >> bu
what is obama going do about -- really going do about jobs? you know, how is -- how is romney going to pay for his taxes -- they don't answer any of these questions. >> so you say that the candidates themselves are running somewhat empty -- platitudes. therefore you seem to let those of us in this business off the hook because -- >> i don't say -- >> we can do bayonets and binders -- >> i'm not shifting blame. i'm adding blame. >> you blame both sides? >> i...
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let your doctor do his job. and you do yours. ask if nexium is right for you. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. >>> we're done. >> president obama had won a hard-fought victory on health care but the country was still hurting. >> some economists are predicting that the unemployment rate could go higher. >> this is the first time ever that repossessions have topped 100,000 in a single month. >> as i've said from the start, there's no quick fix to the worst recession we've experienced since the great depression. >> by the summer of his second year in office, even some supporters seemed to be losing patience. like velma hart at this cnbc town hall. >> i'm one of your middle class americans. quite frankly, i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that i voted for, and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. >> what made you ask the question? >> at the time, it was a burning issue. i had conversations with friends, colleagues, family members, who were out
let your doctor do his job. and you do yours. ask if nexium is right for you. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. >>> we're done. >> president obama had won a hard-fought victory on health care but the country was still hurting. >> some economists are predicting that the unemployment rate could go higher. >> this is the first time ever that repossessions have topped 100,000 in a single month. >> as i've said from the start,...
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president obama 44%. governor romney, 51%. why after all this time does governor romney beat president obama when it comes to the question of who could best handle the economy? >> well, first of all, candy, there's a plethora of polls out there. >> a lot of them sort of show this, david. >> i actually prefer the cnn polls. i like the one you put out on friday where we were ahead in ohio and in states like ohio and elsewhere people know the reality, which is the president took tough steps to save our economy from freefall to save the auto industry, which governor romney would not have done, and he has a vision of how to move this economy forward. that will rebuild the middle class. that will -- and governor romney who runs around this country now saying i represent change doesn't represent change. he what he represents is a return to a failed task. >> still more feel think the governor would do better with the economy than the president. >> in that particular poll -- in that particular poll, candy, that may be the case, but in
president obama 44%. governor romney, 51%. why after all this time does governor romney beat president obama when it comes to the question of who could best handle the economy? >> well, first of all, candy, there's a plethora of polls out there. >> a lot of them sort of show this, david. >> i actually prefer the cnn polls. i like the one you put out on friday where we were ahead in ohio and in states like ohio and elsewhere people know the reality, which is the president took...
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a year later it topped president obama's to-do list. >> let there be no doubt. health care reform cannot wait, it will not wait, and it will not wait another year. >> many felt he needed to tackle other issues first, like creating jobs and growing economy. >> as a real policy implications on what else can't get done in that year. even when you do that, the chances of success, given 80 years is, oh, like one out of a million. >> he was advised and he knew going in the politics wouldn't be very good. >> the status quo is not working for you. >> but the president believed he could succeed where others before him had failed. >> thank you very much, everybody. god bless you. >> with health care, i think it had to do with the fact that he doesn't want to be just another president. he wanted to be a great president. >> the president launched his fight to reform health care, and largely outsourced it to congress. members were left to hammer out details on their own. >> and the president wanted bipartisan support. >> this time we will not fail. >> the result, total impas
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>> barack obama, he's done a pretty good job as president, i think. he got a historic health care bill through. no democratic president since fdr or senator bog wagner right through truman, right through clinton, put it back on the agenda. obama got it done. it's extraordinary. i think it's important. i think he -- politically he's run into problems and i'm not sure he hanseled the job as a politician as well as others might have, as well as lyndon johnson certainly would have, but i give him good grades. yeah, i'm not surprised. i think that hillary clinton would have done an even better job, but i think he's done fine. >> what about you? >> yeah, i think history will be far kinder to a first-time president obama than a political divisive discussion that we're having right now, you know, you'll look back and say, okay, we got our health care, we got out of the financial cliff we're about to go over and, you know, a horrible financial situation, the economy is now growing again, we handled difficult foreign policy situations with a big of tenacity and
>> barack obama, he's done a pretty good job as president, i think. he got a historic health care bill through. no democratic president since fdr or senator bog wagner right through truman, right through clinton, put it back on the agenda. obama got it done. it's extraordinary. i think it's important. i think he -- politically he's run into problems and i'm not sure he hanseled the job as a politician as well as others might have, as well as lyndon johnson certainly would have, but i give...
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while the obama campaign touted the 171,000 jobs added with improved numbers in september and august. we have our correspondents spread throughout the battleground states to bring you the latest on the election and the final push for both candidates. dan lothian is in ohio where the president will speak next hour. dan, good morning. how is president obama handling the post-sandy power outages and flooding on the campaign trail? it's a difficult balance, i'm sure, between the two. >> reporter: you make a really good point, because the president is still trying to make this big push in the final days of this campaign, but at the same time, has to do his day job dealing with the aftermath of hurricane sandy. a white house official said the president was briefed overnight on the latest situation there, and then this morning, he headed over to fema headquarters, where he got another briefing from his homeland security team to get an update on not only the flood damage, but also the power outage situation. the president held a video conference call also with the governors in the impacted ar
while the obama campaign touted the 171,000 jobs added with improved numbers in september and august. we have our correspondents spread throughout the battleground states to bring you the latest on the election and the final push for both candidates. dan lothian is in ohio where the president will speak next hour. dan, good morning. how is president obama handling the post-sandy power outages and flooding on the campaign trail? it's a difficult balance, i'm sure, between the two. >>...
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and right knew president obama is headed to the battle ground state of ohio. he talked to voters there about job growth and how governor romney's ideas won't work. >> but here's the thing, florida. we know what change looks like. what governor romney's offering ain't it. giving more power back to the biggest banks, that's not change. another $5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy, that's not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of our policies until after the election, that's definitely not change. >> president obama also told voters that he would fight hard for them and their families. and if you hope the polls will shed some light on who will win? forget about it. cnn editor paul stein hauser is here to do the math for us. paul, what do the national polls look like? >> two days to go, and we have four polls that are nonpartisan and came out since midnight. let's start with the abc news/"washington post." 48% of likely voters supporting the president. 48% supporting mitt romney. how about nbc news/"wall street journal," pretty much the same
and right knew president obama is headed to the battle ground state of ohio. he talked to voters there about job growth and how governor romney's ideas won't work. >> but here's the thing, florida. we know what change looks like. what governor romney's offering ain't it. giving more power back to the biggest banks, that's not change. another $5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy, that's not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of our policies until after the election,...
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mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> now in a "new york times" front page story. not a column or editorial, it was at the impression the move would come to jobs in ohio. >> i think this is very rif yk for the romney campaign and blew up in their face, and i'll tell them why. >> should straight journalists be saying that's a misleading ad? >> they didn't say it. the president of gm came out -- >> afterward. >> -- and said wrong. they have just hammered romney on this. the poignant comment to make is the political media. when you get right down to saying something that's not true, particularly in the day of fact checkers, it's dangerous. >> i would argue, debra, the fact checkers have a less. in this ad the wording is very careful. sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china. it doesn't say but implies that some of those are the american jobs. >> here's what sort of drives me crazy about this. i look them up. i look them up on the ad and he gives it four pinocchios and he writes, quote, technically correct but misleading. i don't know. if it's te
mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> now in a "new york times" front page story. not a column or editorial, it was at the impression the move would come to jobs in ohio. >> i think this is very rif yk for the romney campaign and blew up in their face, and i'll tell them why. >> should straight journalists be saying that's a misleading ad? >> they didn't say it. the president of gm came out -- >> afterward. >> -- and said wrong. they...
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his opponents say his actions led to the job cuts. >> if you think you'd make such a good senator, come out here to marion, indiana, and see what your company has done to these people. >> it worked so well the obama campaign is using the same indiana company, even the same people again. >> he doesn't care anything about the middle class or the lower class people. >> if we are successful -- >> romney's religious beliefs played a part as well. senator kennedy's nephew joe at one point attacked the mormon church for not allowing blacks to join the priesthood, a policy that had changed 16 years earlier. romney went on the offensive, citing the speech john f. kennedy gave addressing his roman catholic faith. >> in my view, the victory that john kennedy won was not just for 40 million americans who were born catholics, it was for all americans of all faiths. and i'm sad to see that ted kennedy is trying to take away his brother's victory. >> my son's position is the same as jack kennedy's position. >> even romney's father, george, entered the fray. >> i think it's absolutely wrong to keep ham
his opponents say his actions led to the job cuts. >> if you think you'd make such a good senator, come out here to marion, indiana, and see what your company has done to these people. >> it worked so well the obama campaign is using the same indiana company, even the same people again. >> he doesn't care anything about the middle class or the lower class people. >> if we are successful -- >> romney's religious beliefs played a part as well. senator kennedy's...
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he said he would focus on jobs, instead he focused on obama care that kills job and said he'd bring health insurance down $2,500 a year, the cost of it for an average family. anybody here have their insurance go down 2,500? >> no. >> as a matter of fact, the average is up $3,000 per family. look, the president said that he would work across the aisle, he would meet regularly with leaders in the republican party. do you know how long it's been since he's met with the republican leader of the house or the senate on jobs or the economy or the deficit, since july he hasn't met with him. look, he just has not been able to deliver on the promises he's made. talk is cheap. a record is real and takes hard work, and he has not been able to accomplish it, and i actually have a record of accomplishment and that's why i'm running. as you know, i started a business. i actually helped turn around another business and helped turn around the olympics and you may have heard i was governor next door in massachusetts, and there are a couple of democrats in massachusetts in my legislature. we have 85% democra
he said he would focus on jobs, instead he focused on obama care that kills job and said he'd bring health insurance down $2,500 a year, the cost of it for an average family. anybody here have their insurance go down 2,500? >> no. >> as a matter of fact, the average is up $3,000 per family. look, the president said that he would work across the aisle, he would meet regularly with leaders in the republican party. do you know how long it's been since he's met with the republican...
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. >>> i, barack hussein obama -- >> a candidate of hope -- >> on this date, we have chosen hope over fear. >> -- inherits a nation in crisis. >> the briefing was absolutely chilling. >> my first job when i came into office was making sure we didn't get into a great depression. >> a leader driven to make history. >> health care reform cannot wait. >> he doesn't just want to be another president. he wanted to be a great president. >> cool under pressure. >> it was a huge risk that the president took. >> the united states killed osama bin laden. >> his presidency marked by political division. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama revealed: the man, the president." >>> i can't wait to tell my children about it. >> buttons,ing int-shirts! >>> it was an historic moment. >> prepare to ta
. >>> i, barack hussein obama -- >> a candidate of hope -- >> on this date, we have chosen hope over fear. >> -- inherits a nation in crisis. >> the briefing was absolutely chilling. >> my first job when i came into office was making sure we didn't get into a great depression. >> a leader driven to make history. >> health care reform cannot wait. >> he doesn't just want to be another president. he wanted to be a great president. >>...
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one in eight jobs tied to the auto industry. >> yeah. jim, romney's speech today was described as a major speech on the economy. didn't seem like there was a lot of specifics in there. but i lost count of how many times i heard him use the word change. >> that's right. they did everything but play the song "don't stop thinking about tomorrow" going back to the bill clinton days. yes, he is talking about change, he's casting himself as the change candidate and i think that is why they went out to iowa today, not to unveil any new economic proposals. you don't really do that in the final stage of a campaign. what they wanted to do was talk about this message that they unveiled yesterday here in ohio and that he is the candidate of not just change, but big change as he likes to say on the campaign trail. >> in terms of weather, brianna, have there been any changes to the president's schedule next week? you mentioned some of his stops. do we know how vulnerable those are to weather? >> yeah, that's right, he's heading to florida, he's headin
one in eight jobs tied to the auto industry. >> yeah. jim, romney's speech today was described as a major speech on the economy. didn't seem like there was a lot of specifics in there. but i lost count of how many times i heard him use the word change. >> that's right. they did everything but play the song "don't stop thinking about tomorrow" going back to the bill clinton days. yes, he is talking about change, he's casting himself as the change candidate and i think that...
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over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. hand-carved on the side of a cliff is the guoliang tunnel. what?! you've got to be kidding me. [ derek ] i've never seen a road like this. there's jagged rock all the way around. this is really gonna test the at
over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a...
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obama was there today touting the new jobs report that showed stronger than expected hiring last month. but much of the focus was on a romney ad that he says is trying to care people. what is he saying, jessica? >> in three speeches here in ohio today, the president made brief mention of the new frob's report, and he talked extentatively about the auto bailout that he says saved jobs here and throughout the country. he mentioned that romney and he delivers his closing argument in a speech that david axle rod told us came from the president's loins. >> in ohio, the president saw the bright side of the new jobs numbers. >> this morning we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. the american auto industry is back on top. >> the president turned quickly from jobs numbers to the auto industry. >> we have been seeing this out of governor romney and his friends in the last few weeks. >> no mention of losses or an unemployment rate that upticked to 7.9%, but lots of time on a fight about the auto bailout and an ad for the romney campaign.
obama was there today touting the new jobs report that showed stronger than expected hiring last month. but much of the focus was on a romney ad that he says is trying to care people. what is he saying, jessica? >> in three speeches here in ohio today, the president made brief mention of the new frob's report, and he talked extentatively about the auto bailout that he says saved jobs here and throughout the country. he mentioned that romney and he delivers his closing argument in a speech...
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barack obama gets more out of it. as you can see, he's not emphasizing the unemployment rate when he's speaking. mitt romney is doing that math that doesn't work thing again. barack obama said that the unemployment was going to be this and now it is this and as a result 9 million people are out of work. that's just not math that works. i don't think either of them are convincing anybody right now. this could have hurt barack obama. it is not going to hurt him. i don't know it really helps him a lot. >> yeah. it is kind of a wash when you look at the jobs numbers increased, but then the unemployment rate ticked up. john, hang on, before you weigh in, i may have a question for you that you're just about to answer for me, because month to month jobs reports, it is a important milestone by which we can gauge whether the economy is improving. and then, you know, judge the president, what the president is doing. i want you to take a look back to the worst of this recession, guys. this is october of 2009. look at this, the u
barack obama gets more out of it. as you can see, he's not emphasizing the unemployment rate when he's speaking. mitt romney is doing that math that doesn't work thing again. barack obama said that the unemployment was going to be this and now it is this and as a result 9 million people are out of work. that's just not math that works. i don't think either of them are convincing anybody right now. this could have hurt barack obama. it is not going to hurt him. i don't know it really helps him a...
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slow economic growth means slow job growth. and declining take home pay. that's what four years of president obama's policies have produced. americans are ready for change. for growth, for jobs, for more take-home pay and we're going to bring it to them. >> hearing mitt romney say that word "change" a lot lately. ten days until election day. >> so glad you're there to walk us through it. thank you so much. >>> we're just getting started on the presidential race. coming up, what state is really going to have the biggest impact. and what voting group is being misrepresented. we'll get that for you. >>> plus, a musical legend makes a public show of support for a soldier surrounded by controversy. graham nash joins me live. ♪ never been so much in love but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in you
slow economic growth means slow job growth. and declining take home pay. that's what four years of president obama's policies have produced. americans are ready for change. for growth, for jobs, for more take-home pay and we're going to bring it to them. >> hearing mitt romney say that word "change" a lot lately. ten days until election day. >> so glad you're there to walk us through it. thank you so much. >>> we're just getting started on the presidential race....
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for emergency purposes to be the president of the united states, which we remember is his job. so you know, we have to see how this plays out, but schedules are being adjusted now through tuesday, so far, so we'll see what happens. >> that's as it pertains to the campaigning. then, long term, there are some states, connecticut among them, that have already declared states of emergency, and there are potential scenarios if some of the states take direct hits from the hurricane, power out for days if not more than a week, then that would impact the electronic balloting for many places, potentially, come tuesday november 6th, election day. what kind of preparations, if any, can be made right now for that? >>achines are used in pennsylvania which may or may not be a battleground, in virginia, new hampshire, those are the key states along the east coast. a bigger question, fred, because it's such a hypothetical right now is just the weather impacting turnout. if the rain continues, our bureau chief reminded me if it takes a western track, it could hit parts of eastern ohio. that's a
for emergency purposes to be the president of the united states, which we remember is his job. so you know, we have to see how this plays out, but schedules are being adjusted now through tuesday, so far, so we'll see what happens. >> that's as it pertains to the campaigning. then, long term, there are some states, connecticut among them, that have already declared states of emergency, and there are potential scenarios if some of the states take direct hits from the hurricane, power out...